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Dress and petticoat (Robe Volante)
French
about 1730
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk lampas
Dimensions
Center back (Overdress): 152.5 cm (60 1/16 in.)
Center back (Petticoat): 97 cm (38 3/16 in.)
Center back (Petticoat): 97 cm (38 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.664a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBlue silk lampas with white floral motifs. Overdress: loose fitting bodice and full skirt; short fitted sleeves with gathered asymmetrical cuffs; sack (Watteau) back; worn over trimmed corset. Petticoat fullness knife pleated into blue linen waistband except at front. Blue linen partial linings.
ProvenanceBy 1930, purchased in Marseille, France by Elizabeth Day McCormick (1873 - 1957), Chicago; 1943, gift of McCormick to the MFA. (Accession date: October 14, 1943)